dispense with

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Meaning

forgo or do or go without

give up what is not strictly needed

do without or cease to hold or adhere to

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To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection. Henri Poincaré

Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries. John Lothrop Motley

Six imams removed from a US Airways flight from Minneapolis to Phoenix are calling on Muslims to boycott the airline. If only we could get Muslims to boycott all airlines, we could dispense with airport security altogether. Ann Coulter

To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection. Jerry Pournelle

One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action - the ability to pass directly from thought to action. Eric Hoffer

Anybody who has been seriously engaged in scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science are written the words: Ye must have faith. It is a quality which the scientist cannot dispense with. Max Planck

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